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- Latin · derived fromfratriarchia
- English todayfratriarchy
From, or as if from, Latin fratriarchia, modelled on fratri- (as in fraternal, fratricide) + -archy (as in patriarchy).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
fratriarchy
Today it means: A social system in which power is held by brothers. Full definition →
Latin fratriarchia